KENYA FULL TRIP LIST September-October 2004 

Some species may not have been seen at the actual site, but on the journey to or from there. Unfortunately for a few less common species the area was not noted down. Also see the separate site accounts and their lists on BSG.

Birding Site Guide

• STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
• Ostrich Struthio camelus S
• PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus LN, LNa
• Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens KE to K
• PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
• PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
• Darter Anhinga melanogaster T, A
• CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
• Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
• Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
• Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis
• Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LB
• CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae
• Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
• CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
• Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
• African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus SF
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra Mt, S
• Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
• Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus KE to K
• White Stork Ciconia ciconia LN, LB
• Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
• Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
• CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
• Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
• Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• African Spoonbill Platalea alba LN, LNa
• PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
• Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
• Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor NT LN
• ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
• White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Mt, SF
• White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus SF
• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
• Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos SF, LB
• African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus SF
• Cape Teal Anas capensis LN
• Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
• Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha Mt, SF
• Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma SF
• FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
• African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides SS
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
• Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis S
• Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus S
• Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus S
• White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
• Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii S, LN
• Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus S, LN
• White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Mt, S, LN
• Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
• Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus MM, S, LN
• Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens T
• Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus S, LN, T
• Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
• African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT Mt
• Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
• African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
• Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
• Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates LB, K, T
• Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus LB
• Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
• African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Nairobi to Mombasa
• Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus S, SF, LNa
• Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus Mt
• Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis LN, T
• Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca V MM
• Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi S, LN
• Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii A
• Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus S
• Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
• Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus Mt, LN
• FALCONIFORMES: Sagittariidae
• Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius
• FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
• Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus S
• Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni V MM
• Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus LB
• African Hobby Falco cuvierii LB
• Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
• GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
• Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui MM, LN
• Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena S, T
• Shelley's Francolin Francolinus shelleyi Mt, K
• Hildebrandt's Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti
• Yellow-necked Francolin Francolinus leucoscepus
• Jackson's Francolin Francolinus jacksoni e Mt
• GALLIFORMES: Numididae
• Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
• Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani K
• Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum S
• GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
• Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum LN, LB
• GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
• African Rail Rallus caerulescens SS, LNa
• Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio LB
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata LNa
• Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Mt, SF, LB
• GRUIFORMES: Otididae
• Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori MM, T, A
• White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis MM, A
• Buff-crested Bustard Eupodotis gindiana Nairobi to Mombasa
• Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii A
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
• African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae
• Crab Plover Dromas ardeola LN
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
• Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus R
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
• Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii A
• Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus S
• Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus LB
• Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola SF
• Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis KE
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
• Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris LNa
• Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus
• Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus SF, R
• Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus LN
• Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula SF, LNa
• Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius SF
• Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
• White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus SF
• Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
• African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis LNa
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus SF
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii LNa
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus SF
• Ruff Philomachus pugnax
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
• Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii SF
• European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
• CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
• Saunders' Tern Sternula saundersi
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia SF
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus LN, LB
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LNa
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii SF
• Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis SF
• PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
• Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis A
• Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus LN
• COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea LN, LB
• Delegorgue's Pigeon Columba delegorguei Mt
• Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens Mt
• African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
• Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Mt
• Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola S, LNa
• Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
• Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
• Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer SS
• Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
• Namaqua Dove Oena capensis S, LN
• African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus Mt, KE
• PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
• Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri LNa
• Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius KE
• Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi Mt
• Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus LB
• Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris S
• CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae
• Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata KF
• White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus K
• Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri NT SF
• Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
• Ross' Turaco Musophaga rossae KE
• Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus MM
• White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster KE
• Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
• CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
• Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
• Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius LNa
• Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
• African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus K
• Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius SF, K
• Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
• Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus SS
• Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis SF
• White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
• STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
• Sokoke Scops-Owl Otus ireneae E SF
• Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis LB
• Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus LN, LB
• Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus LB
• Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum N
• CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
• Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis KE
• Abyssinian Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus Mt
• Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus LB
• APODIFORMES: Apodidae
• Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus Mt
• Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri SF
• African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus
• Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Mt
• Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis SF
• Common Swift Apus apus
• Nyanza Swift Apus niansae Mt, LN
• Little Swift Apus affinis
• Horus Swift Apus horus Mt
• White-rumped Swift Apus caffer R, T
• COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
• Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
• White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus S
• Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus S, LB
• TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
• Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
• CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
• Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
• African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta SF, LNa
• Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
• Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis SS
• Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti LN,
• Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus Mt, LN
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
• CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
• Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri K
• White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides LN, LNa
• Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus S
• Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
• Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii S
• White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
• European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
• CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
• European Roller Coracias garrulus NT T, TNa
• Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
• Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias noevius MM
• CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae
• Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops S, LB
• CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
• Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus T, LNa
• Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis Mt, LN
• Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
• Abyssinian Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus minor T
• CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae
• Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus S, T
• Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris S, LB, T
• Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni SF
• Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni MM, LB, T
• Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus SF, LNa
• African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus MM, K, T,
• Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis Mt
• Black-&-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindrica K
• Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri MM, T
• PICIFORMES: Capitonidae
• Red-&-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus LB
• D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii LB
• Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro MM
• Gray-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei K
• Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea h
• Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex h
• Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
• Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus LB, K
• Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui K
• Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta K
• Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata LB
• Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa K
• Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala S, LB
• White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus Mt, K
• Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito K
• Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus K
• PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
• Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus LB, K
• Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis K
• Thick-billed Honeyguide Indicator conirostris K
• Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor S, LNa
• Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus LB
• Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
• PICIFORMES: Picidae
• Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica S
• Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni SF
• Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi K
• Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa K
• Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli K
• Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus K
• Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
• Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus LB
• Golden-crowned Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus K
• Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
• PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae
• African Broadbill Smithornis capensis h
• PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
• Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans
• White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda A
• Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
• Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna S, T, A
• Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides S, LN
• Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus
• Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia S, T, A
• Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea LN, A
• Somali Short-toed Lark Calandrella somalica A
• Short-tailed Lark Pseudalaemon fremantlii A
• PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
• White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps Mt, K
• Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
• Gray-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga LN
• Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia LN
• Banded Martin Riparia cincta LN
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis K, R
• Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
• Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica SF
• Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula LN, LB
• House Martin Delichon urbicum
• Lesser Striped-Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
• Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis MM, Mt, SF
• Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
• PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
• African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
• Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis LN, K
• Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys Mt, LN
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Mt, K
• Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis E SF
• Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus SF, T
• Sharpe's Longclaw Hemimacronyx sharpei e E LNa
• Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus MM
• Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula T
• Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
• African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
• Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis LNa
• Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea K
• Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara LN
• PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
• Gray Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia Mt
• Petit's Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti K
• Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava Mt, K
• Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina
• PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
• Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
• Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis K
• Little Greenbul Andropadus virens K
• Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei K
• Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris K
• Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris LN, K
• Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus SF
• Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris
• Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
• Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
• Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris SF
• Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima K
• Placid Greenbul Phyllastrephus placidus K, LNa
• Toro Olive-Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris K
• Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus K
• Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis SF, LNa
• PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
• Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus SF
• White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis K
• Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis
• Abyssinian Ground-Thrush Zoothera piaggiae Mt
• Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus Mt, LN
• African Thrush Turdus pelios
• African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus K
• Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala K, LNa
• PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
• Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
• Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi K
• Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri Mt
• Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana LN, SF
• Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus S, T
• Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
• Carruthers' Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
• Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus K
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis LN, LNa
• Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens A
• Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava S, LN
• Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii K
• White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon K
• Black-collared Apalis Apalis pulchra SS
• Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni K
• Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
• Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis K
• Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema Mt
• Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala SF
• Gray Apalis Apalis cinerea Mt, LN
• Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons S, T
• Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
• Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota K
• Gray Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex T
• PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
• African Bush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
• Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus Mt
• Black-faced Rufous-Warbler Bathmocercus rufus K
• Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis T
• African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus SS
• Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris S
• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida LNa
• Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum LB, T
• African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis SS
• Mountain Yellow Warbler Chloropeta similis Mt
• Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella LNa
• Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis S
• Turner's Eremomela Eremomela turneri E K
• White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys Mt
• Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
• Green Hylia Hylia prasina K
• Uganda Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis K
• Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens Mt, Lna
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix SF
• Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis
• Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin K
• Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria SF
• Banded Warbler Parisoma boehmi A
• PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
• Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus Mt, K
• Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
• African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus S, MM, T
• White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
• Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides K
• Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina Mt, S
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata LN, SF
• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica K
• African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta Mt, LN
• Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens SF
• Gray Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
• Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
• White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata MT, S, LNa
• Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
• East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi V SF
• Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra Mt, LN
• Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter K
• Gray-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera K
• Rueppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa LN, SF
• White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini K
• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Mt
• Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata S, LB
• Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata SF
• Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys K, T
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra LN
• African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe LN, MM
• Mourning Wheatear (Schalow's) Oenanthe lugens LN
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka LN
• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata MM, LNa
• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
• Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops LN, LNa
• Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra MM
• Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris LN, LB
• PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
• African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus K
• Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea K
• Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata SS
• Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea K
• Jameson's Wattle-eye Platysteira jamesoni K
• Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
• Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta SF
• Chinspot Batis Batis molitor Mt, LN
• Pale Batis Batis soror SF
• Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo S, LB
• PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
• Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus SF
• African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda SS, K
• Dusky Crested-Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata K
• White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher Elminia albonotata Mt
• African Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas SF
• Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer K
• African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
• PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae
• Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
• Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
• Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens K
• African Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica LN, LNa
• Rufous Chatterer Turdoides rubiginosa S, LN, LB
• Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei LNa
• Northern Pied-Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca Mt
• Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus LB
• Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii SF, LNa
• PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
• White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris Mt, LNa
• Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus K
• Gray Tit Melaniparus afer
• PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae
• Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus K
• PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
• African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli R, LNa
• PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
• Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis S, LN, LB
• Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris SF
• Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster E SF
• Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
• Eastern Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea K
• Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
• Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis LN
• Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
• Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze Mt
• Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis Mt, LN
• Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa Mt
• Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi LN
• Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius K
• Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi LN
• Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris Mt
• Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus LB
• Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis K
• Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus K, LNa
• Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides S
• Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus SF
• Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri K
• Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Mt, LN
• Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus Mt
• PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
• African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis LB
• Broad-ringed White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus Mt, LN, LNa
• White-breasted White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus T
• PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
• African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus SF, T
• Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrhynchus K
• African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
• Black-tailed Oriole Oriolus percivali Mt
• PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio K
• Rufous-tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus LN, T
• Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
• Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
• Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis S
• Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni K
• Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
• Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina K
• White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
• PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
• Brubru Nilaus afer S, LN
• Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis S, LN
• Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii T
• Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla Mt
• Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis K
• Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minutus
• Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
• Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
• Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi S
• Luehder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi SS, K
• Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus S, LN, LB
• Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris T
• Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus S, K
• Gray-green Bushshrike Telophorus bocagei K
• Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus LB
• Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor LNa
• Four-colored Bushshrike Telophorus viridis LB
• Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti T
• PASSERIFORMES: Prionopidae
• White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus K, T
• Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii SF
• Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons SF
• PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
• Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii K
• Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
• PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
• House Crow Corvus splendens intro
• Cape Crow Corvus capensis LN, LNa
• Pied Crow Corvus albus
• Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus S, LB
• PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
• Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
• Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Mt, LN
• Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus SS
• Rueppell's Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera LN, T, LNa
• Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius T
• Black-bellied Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis corruscus SF
• Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
• Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti MM, T
• Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Mt
• Fischer's Starling Spreo fischeri T
• Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
• Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris K
• Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri Mt, K, Lna
• Bristle-crowned Starling Onychognathus salvadorii LB
• Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
• Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus S, LN, SF
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus Mt
• PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Somali Sparrow Passer castanopterus S
• Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus Mt, LN
• Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus S, LN, LB
• Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey MM
• PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
• Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
• White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
• Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis S
• White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
• Donaldson-Smith's Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser donaldsoni S
• Black-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi S, T
• Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis K
• Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
• Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus LB
• Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni R
• Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis K
• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis Mt, LNa
• Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster K
• African Golden-Weaver Ploceus subaureus T
• Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
• Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri SF
• Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
• Northern Masked-Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus LB
• Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus SF
• Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei S, LN, MM
• Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus K
• Clarke's Weaver Ploceus golandi e E SF
• Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus R
• Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni K, R
• Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus S
• Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor K, SF
• Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis Mt, K
• Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus K
• Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis Mt
• Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
• Zanzibar Bishop Euplectes nigroventris SF
• Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus R
• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis T, A
• White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus T
• Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens Mt
• Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris Mt, T
• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne LN
• Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni NT
• Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons K
• PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
• Gray-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapillus Mt
• White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconotus
• Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia Mt, LN
• Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
• Abyssinian Crimson-wing Cryptospiza salvadorii Mt
• Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga LB
• Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Mt
• Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula SS
• Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla Mt
• Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla K, T, A
• Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
• Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus T
• Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster S
• Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba S, LB
• Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala K
• Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
• Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara K
• African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata LB
• Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia S
• Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus Mt, K
• Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor Mt, LN
• Gray-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps intro Mt, LB
• PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
• Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea S
• Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri S
• PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
• Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex S
• African Citril Serinus citrinelloides Mt, K
• Papyrus Canary Serinus koliensis K
• Reichenow's Seedeater Serinus reichenowi LN, MM
• Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus K
• White-bellied Canary Serinus dorsostriatus S
• Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus LN
• Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus
• Thick-billed Seedeater Serinus burtoni Mt, LNa
• PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi LN, T
• Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Mt
• Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura S

• KEY
• CR = Critical
• E = Endangered
• V = Vulnerable
• NT = Near-threatened
• e = endemic
• intro = introduced

• no sites given for common species or

species more readily found in Europe L = Liota Plains LB = Lake Baringo LN = Lake Nakuru LNa = Lake Naivasha MM = Masia Mara NP Mt = Mount Kenya NP N = Niarobi NP R = Red Brick Dam, Lake Victoria S = Samburu GR SF = Sokoke Forest & coast SS = Saiwa Swamp T = Tsavo h = heard only 

Mammals seen 

• Order: Macroscelidea (elephant-shrews)
• Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew EN Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
• Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
• Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax LC Heterohyrax brucei
• Cape Hyrax LC Procavia capensis
• Order: Proboscidea (elephants)
• African Bush Elephant VU Loxodonta africana
• Order: Primates
• Chlorocebus (Green Monkey) LR/lc Cercopithecus aethiops
• Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey (Red-tailed Monkey) LR/lc Cercopithecus ascanius
• Blue Monkey (Blue Sykes or White-throated Monkey) LR/lc Cercopithecus mitis
• Olive Baboon LR/lc Papio anubis
• Angola Colobus LR/lc Colobus angolensis
• Order: Lagomorpha (lagomorphs)
• Springhare LC Pedetes capensis
• Striped Ground Squirrel LC Xerus erythropus
• Order: Carnivora (carnivores)
• Wildcat LC Felis silvestris
• Cheetah VU Acinonyx jubatus
• Serval LC Leptailurus serval
• Lion Panthera leo VU
• Egyptian Mongoose LR/lc Herpestes ichneumon
• Spotted Hyena LR/cd Crocuta crocuta
• Golden Jackal LC Canis aureus
• Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
• Black Rhinoceros CR Diceros bicornis
• White Rhinoceros
• Burchell's Zebra LC Equus burchellii
• Grevy's Zebra EN Equus grevyi
• Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
• Warthog LR/lc Phacochoerus africanus
• Hippopotamus VU Hippopotamus amphibius
• Giraffe LR/cd Giraffa camelopardalis
• Grant's Gazelle LR/cd Gazella granti
• Thomson's Gazelle LR/cd Gazella thomsonii
• Gerenuk LR/cd Litocranius walleri
• Guenther's Dikdik LR/lc Madoqua guentheri
• Steenbok LR/lc Raphicerus campestris
• African Buffalo LR/cd Syncerus caffer
• Common Eland LR/cd Tragelaphus oryx

Author: BSG

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