摘要：On 11 January 2010, Vicki Kennedy and I visited Arusha National Park with local driv- er/guide Basil Kessey. We entered the park mid-morning and, after driving around the main crater, took lunch by the Momella Lakes. Around 15:00, we followed the tracks by the southwest corner of the lakes where I spotted a small, grey-brown, war- bler-like bird take off from the ground and land in a small tree beside the track. The bird immediately reminded me of Eurasian Wryneck, so I was keen to get some im- ages of the bird. I had seen numerous Wrynecks in Europe so was in no doubt about the identification of the bird but was keen to confirm it was not a Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis, which was a more likely proposition in this part of the world. The pale buff throat showing subtle barring was enough for me to confirm it was indeed a Eurasian Wryneck. I grabbed the camera and took a few record shots of the bird (regrettably out of focus as on wrong settings), just before it took off and flew across the track and into some taller trees some 30 m away, which was a considerable distance from the designated track. We agreed not to stay to search for the bird any longer.
