Species Composition of Tropical Understory Birds in Threatened East African Coastal Forests Based on Capture Data

Table 3

List of species captured during mist netting in Saadani National Park and surrounding areas. The last four columns show record of individual species per forest, whereby rows with zero (0) values mean no record, while values of ones (1s) show that at least one individual of that particular species was recorded. GLD = guild, SPP. REC/FOR = species record per forest, Z = Zaraninge, K = Kwamsisi, G = Gendagenda, M = Msubugwe, FF = forest specialist, F = forest generalist, f = forest visitor, and s = woodland/savannah species.

English name	Scientific name	Order	Family	GLD	SPP. REC/FOR
					Z	K	G	M
African broadbill	Smithornis capensis	Passeriformes	Eurylaimidae	FF	1	1	0	0
African cuckoo	Cuculus gularis	Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	s	0	0	1	0
African goshawk	Accipiter tachiro	Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	F	1	0	0	0
African paradise flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	Passeriformes	Monarchidae	F	1	1	0	0
African pygmy kingfisher	Ispidina picta	Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	f	1	0	0	0
Ashy flycatcher	Muscicapa caerulescens	Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	F	1	0	0	1
Basra reed warbler	Acrocephalus griseldis	Passeriformes	Acrocephalidae	s	0	0	1	0
Bearded scrub robin	Cercotrichas quadrivirgata	Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	f	1	1	0	1
Black-backed puffback	Dryoscopus cubla	Passeriformes	Malaconotidae	F	1	1	0	1
Blue-mantled crested flycatcher	Trochocercus cyanomelas	Passeriformes	Monarchidae	FF	1	1	0	1
Brown-hooded kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris	Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	s	0	0	1	0
Collared sunbird	Hedydipna collaris	Passeriformes	Nectariniidae	F	1	1	0	0
Common bulbul	Pycnonotus barbatus	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	F	1	1	0	0
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	s	1	0	0	0
Dark-backed weaver	Ploceus bicolor	Passeriformes	Ploceidae	F	1	0	0	0
Eastern nicator	Nicator gularis	Passeriformes	Nicatoridae	F	1	1	1	1
Fischer’s greenbul	Phyllastrephus fischeri	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	FF	1	0	0	1
Forest batis	Batis mixta	Passeriformes	Platysteiridae	FF	1	1	1	1
Garden warbler	Sylvia borin	Passeriformes	Sylviidae	f	0	0	1	0
Golden-breasted starling	Lamprotornis regius	Passeriformes	Sturnidae	s	1	0	0	0
Green wood hoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	Bucerotiformes	Phoeniculidae	s	0	0	0	1
Green-backed twinspot	Mandingoa nitidula	Passeriformes	Estrildidae	FF	1	1	0	0
Green-backed woodpecker	Campethera cailliautii	Piciformes	Picidae	f	0	0	0	1
Green-winged pytilia	Pytilia melba	Passeriformes	Estrildidae	s	0	0	1	0
Grey-backed camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	Passeriformes	Cisticolidae	f	1	1	0	1
Holub’s golden weaver	Ploceus xanthops	Passeriformes	Ploceidae	s	0	0	1	0
Kretschmer’s longbill	Macrosphenus kretschmeri	Passeriformes	Macrosphenidae	FF	1	0	0	0
Lesser cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	Cuculiformes	Cuculidae	f	0	0	1	0
Little sparrowhawk	Accipiter minullus	Accipitriformes	Accipitridae	f	1	0	0	0
Lowland tiny greenbul	Phyllastrephus debilis	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	FF	1	1	1	1
Marsh warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	Passeriformes	Acrocephalidae	s	0	0	1	0
Narina trogon	Apaloderma narina	Trogoniformes	Trogonidae	F	1	0	0	1
Northern brownbul	Phyllastrephus strepitans	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	f	0	0	1	0
Olive sunbird	Cyanomitra olivacea	Passeriformes	Nectariniidae	FF	1	0	1	1
Peters’s twinspot	Hypargos niveoguttatus	Passeriformes	Estrildidae	F	1	1	0	0
Pied kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	s	1	0	0	0
Plain-backed sunbird	Anthreptes reichenowi	Passeriformes	Nectariniidae	FF	1	0	0	1
Red-capped robin-chat	Cossypha natalensis	Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	F	1	1	0	1
Red-faced cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	Passeriformes	Cisticolidae	s	0	0	0	1
Red-tailed ant thrush	Neocossyphus rufus	Passeriformes	Turdidae	FF	1	0	0	1
Sokoke pipit	Anthus sokokensis	Passeriformes	Motacillidae	FF	1	0	0	1
Sombre greenbul	Andropadus importunus	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	s	1	0	0	0
Square-tailed drongo	Dicrurus ludwigii	Passeriformes	Dicruridae	F	1	0	0	1
Striped kingfisher	Halcyon chelicuti	Coraciiformes	Alcedinidae	s	1	0	0	0
Tambourine dove	Turtur tympanistria	Columbiformes	Columbidae	F	1	1	0	0
Tawny-flanked prinia	Prinia subflava	Passeriformes	Cisticolidae	f	0	0	0	1
Terrestrial brownbul	Phyllastrephus terrestris	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	F	0	0	1	1
Thrush nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	s	0	0	1	0
Tropical boubou	Laniarius major	Passeriformes	Malaconotidae	f	0	0	0	1
Uluguru violet-backed sunbird	Anthreptes neglectus	Passeriformes	Nectariniidae	FF	0	0	1	1
White-browed scrub robin	Cercotrichas leucophrys	Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	s	1	0	0	1
White-starred robin	Pogonocichla stellata	Passeriformes	Muscicapidae	F	0	1	0	0
White-throated bee-eater	Merops albicollis	Coraciiformes	Meropidae	f	0	0	0	1
Yellow-bellied greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	F	1	1	1	1
Yellow-breasted apalis	Apalis flavida	Passeriformes	Cisticolidae	f	0	0	1	0
Yellow-rumped tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	Piciformes	Lybiidae	F	1	0	0	1
Yellow-streaked greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	Passeriformes	Pycnonotidae	FF	1	1	1	1
Total number of species per forest					37	18	19	28