TZ bird songs

Bocage's Akalat, Sheppardia bocagei ilyai

Bocage's Akalat recorded in Riverine forest along Mbala Stream in the Sitebe Syampemba mountains 65 km NW Mpanda (6°40'40"S-30°32'10"E, 1700m) in August 2005.

Alexander's Akalat, Sheppardia insulana kungwensis

A clip of the song phrase of Alexander's Akalat from Mfitwa Forest at 2500m in Mahale Mountains National Park. This sounds exactly like the song recorded on Mt. Cameroon on Claude Chappuis' African Bird sounds CD series.

Iringa Akalat, Sheppardia lowei

Brief cut of the song of Iringa Akalat from Mufu, Ndundulu, West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains.

Dappled Mountain Robin, Arcanator orostruthus

Dappled Mountain Robin recorded at Mufu, Ndundulu, in the West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains.

Uluguru Bush Shrike, Malaconotus alius

Song of the Uluguru Bush Shrike recorded by Elia A. Mulungu on above Tegetero Mission in the Uluguru North Forest Reserve.

Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax

Song of the Forest Robin recorded in Minziro Forest Reserve, NW Tanzania

Little (Hottentot) Button-Quail

Call of the Hottentot Button-Quail, Turnix sylvatica, recorded at Kigwambimbi, Iringa in long grass in a clearing in degraded miombo woodland on the edge of Wangama Village. Other species heard in the cut are: Slate-colored Boubou, Common Bulbul, Yellow-bellied Bulbul, Grey-headedBush-Shrike, Green-backed Camaroptera, White-browed Robin-chat, Trilling Cisticola, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Paradise Flycatcher, Tawny-flanked Prinia, White-browed Scrub Robin, Marico Sunbird, Black-headed Tchagra

African Firefinch dawn song

This clip of the dawn song of African Firefinch was recorded in mixed woodland (Acacia/Commiphora/Combretum/Brachystegia) with a thick understory of Lantana bushes and Hyperhenia grasses at Kigwambimbi, Iringa on 22 April 2008. It was originally (miss) identified as Jameson's Firefinch as this is the only species that had been recorded at this locality over the past 10 years. However, this year it was pointed out to me by Jeff DaCosta that African FF was also present. As the habitat thickens and woodland regenerates at Kigwembimbi, it would appear that African FF is replacing Jameson's FF.

Jameson's Firefinch call notes

Call notes of Jameson's Firefinch. These are usually given in flight and when birds have been flushed. It may also act as a sort of contact call between birds as this species is usually found in pairs or small groups. This recording was made in secondary miombo woodland at Kigwambimbi, 12 km East of Iringa.

Variable Sunbird territorial song

Territorial song given by males at dawn.

Common Bulbul dawn song

This is a typical dawn song given by Common Bulbul in Southern and Central Tanzania. Recorded at Kigwambimbi 12 km East of Iringa.

Little Rush Warbler, Bradypterus baboecala (elgonensis?)

This song was recorded in a small seasonally wet depression a few hundred meters east of the Simba Kopjies in Serengeti National park. The song of this subspecies (whatever it is) is very different from the song of B. b. msiri and B. b. tongensis from further east.

Sokoke Scops Owl, Otus irenae

Song of the Sokoke Scops Owl recorded in Sokoke forest along one of the nature tracks in the eastern sector of the forest.

Barred Owlet, Glaucidium capense

Recording of a Barred Owlet in Kwamgumi Forest, East Usambara Mountains.

Bamboo Warbler, Bradypterus alfredi kungwensis

Clip of a song given by a pair of Bamboo Warblers at the edge of Mfitwa forest in the Mahale Mountains National Park at 2500m.