PEMBA ISLAND BIRDING DAY TOUR
Pemba is a beautiful part of Tanzania, and much quieter than the sister island of Zanzibar (Unguja)- located farther South.
A visit to Ngezi Forest (home of the rare Pemba Flying Fox) will provide us with some great birding. Our key target here is the endemic Pemba Green Pigeon.
We shall also bird other parts of the island, including the local farms and the sandy beaches. Other Tanzanian endemics we shall be looking forward to see include the Pemba Sunbird and Pemba White-eye.
If you have time in the evening, we have a chance to try for the Pemba Scops-Owl through a night search.
We shall then head back to our lodge, marking the end to our lovely Pemba Island Birding Day Tour.
Highlight birds
Pemba Scops-Owl, Pemba Green Pigeon, Pemba Sunbird, Pemba White-eye, Sooty Gull, Brown-headed Parrot, African Pygmy Goose, Crab Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Whimbrel, Grey Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Mangrove Kingfisher, Dimorphic Egret, Java Sparrow, Swift Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Saunder’s Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Palm-nut Vulture
Highlight mammal and others
Pemba Flying Fox
Habitats covered
Coastal Forest, Coastal Beach, inland Wetland, Farms
Photographic opportunities
Excellent
Special moments
Pemba Island, Indian Ocean Coast, Pemba Endemic Birds
